About Brent

Approach
	Brent Personnel focuses on the quality of our recruitment, screening and selection processes, consistently yielding exceptional results. Our referencing procedure includes validation of work experience, performance standards and qualifications, as well as criminal and credit checks and detailed character assessments. Professional placements are carried out as part of a process of consultation, research, analysis and evaluation, where tailored proposals address both candidate and client requirements. In short, our emphasis falls on talent management: placing the best candidate for the job – out of our extensive candidate database - into the perfect position, and ensuring that clients’ and candidates’ needs are met. Permanent job placements require an in-depth view of working environments, temporary job placements necessitate clear definition of task mandates and Brent is equally skilled at negotiating short- and long-term contracts for project work. There is also the option of an on-site Brent recruitment and selection office inside a company.
CSI
	The ADvTech Group commits a significant proportion of profits to corporate social investment, the bulk of which goes to bursaries, scholarships and financial support for deserving learners at our educational institutions. Our intention is to widen access to education for less privileged learners who are unable to access the finance to study at our institutions. For this reason, our CSI expenditure in 2009 totalled R42 million (2008: R37 million), equivalent to 19% (2008: 18%) of our operating profit.
Status
	BEE Seeing Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) as more than just a numbers game, Brent Personnel is committed to an employment environment that provides equal opportunities for all employees, in line with the Employment Equity Act of 1998. ADvTECH has been rated by Empowerdex as a Level 5 Contributor and Value-Adding Enterprise with a Total Procurement Recognition Level of 100%, and is consistently one of the top BEE companies on the JSE’s Social Responsibility Index. APSO Brent Personnel is a member of the ruling body of personnel agencies, the Association of Personnel Service Organisations (APSO), and has been assessed to ensure that we meet its requirements. In this spirit, we are committed to the upliftment and professionalisation of South Africa’s labour recruitment industry.   CAPES Brent Personnel is also a member of the Confederation of Associations in the Private Employment Sector (CAPES), a Section 21 company and industry association that represents the interests of the Temporary Employment Services (TES) sector.